Winchester Evening Star Spelling Bee Championship Tonight
Twenty four regional spellers from Winchester, Warren, Clarke, Frederick counties, Powhatan School, and Sacred Heart Academy compete at James Wood High School starting at 7 p.m. The winner earns a trip to Washington, D.C., in June for the National Spelling Bee with expenses paid by the Evening Star.
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Winchester Evening Star
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Powhatan School
Sacred Heart Academy
James Wood High School
Washington, D.C
Evening Star
Edwin Newman
America
New York Times
William Safire
Senator Ford Delivers Easter Week Speech in Louisville
U.S. Senator Wendell H. Ford spoke at a Louisville Rotary Club during the lawmakers’ break. He noted the mood at home has been positive as Congress recesses for Easter.
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Congress
Louisville
Wendell H. Ford
Congress Returns Amid Silence and Questioned Purpose
The Easter recess ends as Congress reconvenes amid debate over whether lawmakers truly advance policy or merely extend inaction. Despite praise for Sen. Ford and a steady republic during low output, the opening agenda should include a clear explanation of why members reconvene.
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Congress
Sen. Ford
Republic
Compromise in Education Debated by County Officials
Letters from readers criticize how education funds are used arguing high brick costs grading and land prices eat into money for textbooks and teachers. Frederick County officials and school board members are urged to pursue alternatives and undertake their own homework before decisions.
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the Star
Margaret McClanahan
The
Evening Star
Charles Hott
Melton Wright
Melton W
Xaidliamenne
Kenray Land
Jim Moyer
Frederick County Taxpayers Assn
Winchester
Carter Policies Turn on Rhodesian Trap Debate
In testimony before Congress Richard Moose, assistant secretary of state for Africa, pressed to separate the Carter position from support for the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia. The Case-Javits amendment and Helms moves push sanctions relief toward a choice between Smith's government and Marxist Front rebels, with uncertain prospects for an all parties conference and internationally supervised elections.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
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Richard Moose
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African Affairs
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Front
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Smith
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Carter
U.S. Congress
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Rhodesia
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U.S
Ndabaningi Sithole
Senate
North Carolina
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Sen. Helms
John Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Douglas Bennet
Congressional Relations
Bennet
Camp David
Mideast
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Stephen Solarz
New York
Subcommittee
1980 Outlook: The Californians in Presidential Politics
James Reston reports that the 1980 campaign shows Reagan shrinking in influence among party leaders and Brown fading as a fresh political force. Southern backers shift to Connally while Helms stays neutral, and regional strategists question Reagan's timing and appeal. Brown's space-age vision, once novel, now reads as inconsistent amid voter weariness.
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Washington
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Brown
Reagan
Ford
South
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New York Times
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Alabama
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Haley Barbour
Connally
Mississippi
Thad Cochran
Africa
Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Texans eye Texas as core in 1980 presidential race
In a Dallas analysis the Republicans weigh Detroit for the 1980 convention to woo black voters while Texas remains pivotal for Carter. Carter's Texas support faces questions over decontrol, canal treaties, windfall taxes, and GOP strength led by Connally Bush and Reagan.
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Detroit
Bill Brock
New York
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Bob Krueger
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John B. Connally Jr
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California
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
William Clements
John Tower
Carter
Regan
Connally
Sen
Howard Baker
George Gallup
White House
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